See hook, line and sinker on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From all the parts of a fishing tackle that may be lost to a fish.\nAppeared in 1838 as a metaphor from angling.",
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"Completely; (of a belief or acceptance) naively or unquestioningly."
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "med hud og hår"
},
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "helt og holdent"
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"english": "fall for something hook, line and sinker",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "niellä nahkoineen karvoineen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "ganz und gar"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "mit Haut und Haaren"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "mindenestül"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "egy az egyben"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "szőröstül-bőröstül"
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "kompletten"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "szó nélkül"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "csont nélkül"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "úgy, ahogy van"
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"english": "fall for something hook, line and sinker",
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"word": "trúa einhverju eins og nýju neti"
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"english": "fall for something hook, line and sinker",
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"word": "kokgleypa eitthvað"
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"word": "gína við einhverju"
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "med søkke og snøre"
},
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "całkowicie"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "bez zastrzeżeń"
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"code": "ru",
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"note": "with all the innards",
"roman": "so vsémi potroxámi",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "со все́ми потроха́ми"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "de cabo a rabo"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "de pe a pa"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "de principio a fin"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "como pescadito"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "con moño y todo"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "med hull och hår"
}
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"word": "med hud og hår"
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "niellä nahkoineen karvoineen"
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"word": "ganz und gar"
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"word": "mit Haut und Haaren"
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"word": "mindenestül"
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"word": "egy az egyben"
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"word": "szőröstül-bőröstül"
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "kompletten"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "szó nélkül"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "csont nélkül"
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"code": "hu",
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"word": "úgy, ahogy van"
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"word": "trúa einhverju eins og nýju neti"
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "kokgleypa eitthvað"
},
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"english": "fall for the story, hook, line and sinker",
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "gleypa söguna hráa"
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"word": "gína við einhverju"
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "med søkke og snøre"
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "całkowicie"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "bez zastrzeżeń"
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"note": "with all the innards",
"roman": "so vsémi potroxámi",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "со все́ми потроха́ми"
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"word": "de cabo a rabo"
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"word": "de principio a fin"
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "como pescadito"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "con moño y todo"
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"word": "med hull och hår"
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"word": "hook, line and sinker"
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